The racially diverse musical based on America’s founding fathers loses none of its power in its transfer from BroadwaySince Hamilton debuted in New York in 2015,the hip-hop musical, which transferred to the West discontinuance in London this month, and has been breaking the conventions of musical theatre with award-winning abandon. There was the subject matter: the tale of America’s least famous founding father Alexander Hamilton; and the music: a fusion of rap,hip-hop and classic theatrical numbers. And, controversially, or there was the diverse cast,with young black, Asian, and Latino and mixed-race actors portraying the old white founding fathers and their cohorts.
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Source: guardian.co.uk